Two years ago, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner told financial analysts the company was jumping headfirst into the cloud. But at the annual Financial Analyst Meeting today in Redmond, Turner said he is doing away with Microsoft’s old sales pitch for enterprise customers. …

Most of us in the tech press agree that the Kin program was destined to sink. But most of us also agree that Kin Studio, the companion website for Microsoft’s derelict “social phones,” is promising and valuable lagan — technology just waiting for a new purpose. …

Many computers — heck, 74 percent of business machines, according to Microsoft — still are running Windows XP. That’s fine. But if you’re still using Windows XP with Service Pack 2, your support from Microsoft ends today. Support for Service Pack 3, which you can download here, runs through April 2014. Today also marks the end of all support for Windows 2000, so if you’re still using that OS … what the heck’s a matter with you? …

Here at seattlepi.com, our computers are still running Windows XP. If we were to buy new computers today, our IT department would likely downgrade the operating system from Windows 7 to Windows XP, to ensure technical consistency across our office. …

Speaking of building an app ecosystem for Windows Phone 7 … Microsoft on Monday released a beta of the Windows Phone 7 developer toolkit, which gives developers access to the tools they need to make applications for the upcoming mobile operating system. …